Slow Learner’s School

Much of last week’s knitting turned out to be a bust. No matter how many times I tell myself to listen to the little voice in my head, well, sometimes I still don’t. Allow me to explain.

I’ve been really wanting to knit Kirsten’sGenmaicha mitts. I wanted a pair when she first released the design and then I wanted them even more when I saw Margene’s. I had a cake of yarn all wound up that I thought would be perfect. It was part of a swap from Elizabeth and I really thought it was sock yarn and I really thought it was fingering weight.

I cast on last week and off I went. The little voice in my head told me the fabric was too stiff and the cast on edge was a bit ruffly. I rationalized that the yarn was probably a heavy sock weight. A very heavy sock weight. Still okay, though, I thought. I fired off an email to Elizabeth to check on what yarn this actually was since I had long ago lost the ball band. She told me it was Duet Sock Yarn. A DK weight.

I was about 2/3 finished with the left mitt at that point and decided it would be fine. Sure, it looked a little big but it was pretty and the cables were very lovely and I just knit on, ignoring the voice in my head telling me to start over with a different yarn.

I finished the mitt on Friday. I knit the thumb and wove in the ends and then I tried it on.

Sigh. Too big.

Look at the ruffling at the cast off edge.

Look at the thumb, fer crying out loud!

Saturday morning I trolled through the stash and found a navy blue skein of Jessie’sA Piece of Vermont Sock Yarn. I started over on Monday, having spent Saturday and Sunday finishing up clue #2 of the TTL Mystery Sock Pattern. I’ve still got a little ways to go on the left mitt but take a look:

I have ignored that voice so many times. You’d think we’d learn faster.
The new mitts are going to be lovely and it was worth all the frustration to get there.
Bloglines caught your feed for the first time for me in over a week. Yay!

The first mitt did look large on your hands, the second mitt is perfection, I love the color and it looks like it fits well. Have you thought of frogging the first mitt as it looks like it would make a really nice cowl.

I was just starting to worry about you when i realized your new-ish URL wasn’t in my bloglines. DUH!! Now I’m caught up and my morning Carole dose is restored, aaah muchbeter.
Now about the gloves. They are gorgoeus in both sizes. And I have large hands. Just thought you should know. 😉